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Les Filles de Catulle Mendès
The Daughters of Catulle Mendès
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1888
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
About this painting
Renoir painted the three musical daughters of poet Catulle Mendès and pianist Augusta Holmès in 1888, hoping to repeat the acclaim of his 1878 Charpentier portrait. The public instead found its bold color and stylized faces unsettling.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
161.9 × 129.9 cm (63.7 × 51.1 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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